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Green Crunch Salad with Homemade Pita Chips

You know how you’re always told to ‘eat the rainbow’? Well, here’s a bowful of the green part.

green crunch salad

Ingredients
Serves 1

  • 3 cups romaine lettuce, chopped
  • 1 cup arugula
  • 1/2 avocado, diced
  • 1/4 cup small broccoli florets (raw)
  • 1/4 cup canned corn kernels, drained and rinsed
  • 1/4 cup carrot, shredded
  • 1/4 cup Parmesan flakes
  • 2 tablespoons raw sunflower seeds
Homemade Pita Chips
  • Pita bread
  • Extra Virgin Olive Oil, for drizzling
  • Fine sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • Optional: 1/4 tablespoon garlic powder and 1/4 tablespoon dried thyme

Nutritional Value

1100 Calories 
60.8g F   |   95g C   |  20.9g P

Directions

For the Homemade Pita Chips
  1. Preheat over to 190°C (375°F). Line a sheet tray with parchment paper.
  2. Cut the pitas into wedges, then pull each wedge apart to form 2 triangles. (Think mini pizza slices.)
  3. Brush each side of the triangles with olive oil, then arrange on the tray. Sprinkle them generously with salt, pepper, and optionally garlic powder and dried thyme.
  4. Bake for 5 minutes, then remove the tray from the oven, turn the chips over, and continue to bake until crisp and golden, another 5 minutes.
  5. Set aside to cool completely.
For the salad
  1. Combine all of the ingredients in a large bowl.
  2. Toss in the dressing until well mixed.

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